By A. Tsiblakis
An ambitious plan to turn the port of Piraeus into a “Maritime City”, a project proposed almost a decade ago but abandoned abruptly amid the economic collapse…
The Greek government is reportedly working on a medium term economic program for the 2017-2020 period that features a compromise in terms of a primary budget surplus target after 2018,…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a direct swipe at the Turkish republic’s Kemalist lineage on Thursday, and by extension engaged in an eyebrow-raising exercise in revisionist history.
“We gave…
The relevant economy and development ministry on Thursday said it has approved two “strategic” tourism investment plans, one for a new resort in the town of Karystos, which lies on…
By L. Karageorgos
The Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) this week announced an international tender to remove a well-known shipwreck that constitutes a maritime risk within the coastal zone that falls…
By N. Bellos
The EuroWorking Group will directly focus on Athens’ recent progress to implement 15 “prior actions” demanded by institutional creditors, during a meeting in the Belgian capital later…
By Vassilis Kostoulas [email protected]
Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz told reporters in Athens this week that recent seismic research shows that quantities of natural gas in Israel’s offshore economic zone have…
The president of Greece’s hotelier’s federation, Yiannis Retsos, on Wednesday warned of “non-existent prospects” for further growth in the country’s all-important tourism sector in 2017.
Retsos, who said he remains…
By T. Igoumenidi
A new impetus to finally complete a unified and functional land registry (cadastre) in Greece coincides with the World Bank’s involvement in the long-delayed project.
A new…
A union representing the state-run civil aviation authority’s employees called off a strike scheduled for Thursday, after a meeting with the relevant minister on Wednesday night.
The union had called…
An agreement aimed at rescuing the troubled Marinopoulos super market group, via a merger with rival Sklavenitis, was signed late Wednesday evening, with the relevant text posted on a website.…
Greece’s listed sports betting games and lottery operator, OPAP, on Wednesday announced an agreement with the firm Inspired to inaugurate several new virtual betting games, both in the OPAP-affiliated betting…
Restrictions, but not an outright remand, were slapped against four Pakistani juveniles accused of raping an underage compatriot at a “hot spot” on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.
The…
Aegean and its affiliated Olympic Air on Wednesday announced flight cancellations for Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29 and 30, respectively, due to a strike called by the union representing employees…
Several motions by current television broadcasters in the country requesting injunctions against a recently held auction for national broadcast licenses were rejected by the Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative…
By G. Kouros
Arrears to the Greek state continued to increase at a record-setting pace this year, reaching the stratospheric figure of 91.6 billion euros between the January-August 2016 period.…
By A. Tsiblakis
Cosco’s management at the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) this week announced the completion of a new pier to service cruise ships, specifically at the Aghios Nikolaos site…
Azerbaijan energy leader Socar on Tuesday said it was extending a letter of guarantee to purchase a majority stake of Greek natgas grid operator DESFA by one month, following a…
Greek military sources on Tuesday said a formation of four Turkish warplanes entered the Athens FIR at 2:33 p.m. (12.33 GMT) between the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Hios…
The Bank of Greece on Tuesday released figures for the domestic private sector August 2016, which showed a slight worsening of the situation, month on month, amid an already tenuous…
By N. Bellos
The EU Commission has approved the candidates proposed by the Greek government for the regulatory board of a new “super privatization fund”, with the selection of the…
A MoC was signed in on Tuesday between the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EBEA) and Israel’s Federation of Chambers of Commerce (FICC), during the framework of an official…
Another round of tax hikes and spending cuts, lumped together, are projected to reach 2.3 billion euros for 2017, according to information released ahead of the submission of the 2017…
By S. Papapetros
A new “supra fund” set to dominate in Greece’s social security system will apparently begin operation with a deficit of 1.1 billion euros, according to the budget…
The 15 “prior actions” tabled by the Greek government in an omnibus draft bill on Monday, as part of the third memorandum, are as follows:
1. Tax breaks
A review…
European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis on Monday referred directly to a “populist” policy by what he called a Greek left-wing government under Alexis Tsipras as exacerbating austerity in the crisis-plagued…
The relevant finance minister on Monday, speaking before a Parliament committee, denied that the government was interested in selling off the Athens and Thessaloniki water and sewerage utilities, EYDAP and…
Taxpayers in Greece will, after Oct. 1, 2016, must declare all of their movable and immovable assets, including cash stashed in homes, valuable coins, art works valued more than 30,000…
A request for a 48-hour extension of a deadline to pay the first installment by one of the four winners of an auction for the same-number of national broadcast licenses…
The latest political furor that erupted in the country over the weekend involved the pressing issue of non-performing loans (NPLs), with the government rejecting sharp criticism that it relinquished the…
